Vs 1-5
Scripture infallible, a beacon or the righteous . The righteous are the peeps who believe in the unseen ( which to me, may mean God and his wonders), peeps who perform salat and give to charity, believe in revelations previous and this revelation ( to me means Quran) and are certain of teh hereafter
Vs 6-20
Talks to me about disbelivers: peeps who say they believe but dont really believe: for me this is a bad scenario person to be in....
Vs 21-22
Worship only your Lord - Creator of All
Vs 30 onwards
Starts to talk belief in one God and about the reation of Adam and what people call the "concept of original sin"- Adams expulsion from heaven. how God redeemed Adam by giving him specific words... (this for me re-inforces the notion of God inspiring one with words)
Vs 37
this one is important to me because ti says Adam recieved from his Lord words of redemption... This could be the "rabanna zalamna anfusana wa in lam taghfirlana,... etc which is found in surah 7:23
Vs 40
Children of Isreal and their convenant with God ... Belief in One God, Do not confound truth with falsehood.. Observe Salat and zakat and bow down with those who bow down, Do not exhort others to be righteous while forgetting yourself... seek help through steadfastness and Salat.. ( from here i can confirm that all aspects of what peeps call 5 pillars of islam are already established in times of children of isreal: moses time... as it is said in Quran elsewhere ( will try find you verse) re these things have been established in times of Abraham as well... so salat is not new, it has been practiced from times ago...as was Zakat...
Vs 48 onwards
starts to talk about the DOJ- the day when no soul can avail another. there is no intercession ( i.e no one begging for you or interceeding for you), no ransome allowed and no help
Talks about Pharoah and how the COI were saved from him.
The summoning of Moses for 40 nights (30 and then additional 10) and what happened i.e the peeps worshiping of the calf - God redeemed the people even after that incident...talked about the provisions from God and how this was not enuff for teh COI, talks about upholding the convenant made with God i.e sign was raised mount sinai above them - Uphold what they were given and remember its content that they be saved - what happened when some peeps desecrated the sabbath day and what happened about the heifer which God asked the people to sacrifice and how the people shifted and shifted until they were convinced...
*Strong Theme - Do not kill
*Believe but not yet believing - distorting scripture....
Vs 83 onwards
The convenant with the Children of Isreal: Worship God only.. Honour Parents, Regard relatives, orphans and poor, treat people amicably, Shall observe Salat and Zakat, Shall not shed blood, shall not evict each other from their/your homes. ( this is clear in context and i think somethimes this is what peeps refer to as the 10 commandments)
Also talks about teh scripture given to Moses, Jesus;s miracles and confirms that God supported jesus with holy spirit.. ( for me this links judaism, christianity and islam as One entity) What happened when messengers went with things that the people didnt like - rejecting messengers and killing them...
Also Confirmation of Quran scripture with other scriptures: (moses scriptuire. Abrahams scripture, Davids, Jesus... these were all i think who quran state had scriptures)
How we prophesise ( i guess with scriptures) but when prophecy happens we fail to recognise it and how some people choose to believe in some scripture and disregard the others...
Talks about the prophet of God and the angels and scriptures
Mentions Solomon and his empire - sorcery/witchcraft was occuring then... Warning !!!...do not practice witchcraft cos if you do you will not have share in hereafter
Vs 111 onwards
How people think that they know who goes to paradise ( for me this means Judge not.. cos only God knows who is and who is not saved.. no one know future, so all these people who we think for sure they are going to end up in paradise, we dont knwo do we,, cos only God knows that)
Oneness of God
Reinstates for COI - remember my favours which I (God) bestowed upon you and that I (God) blessed you more than any nation
Abraham and the Kaaba - no one really knows wether abraham was jewish/christiam or muslim.. all we know is that he worshipped One God - submitted to the Lord of the universe... it tells us to follow the religion of Abraham... monotheism.. ( this part for me is where i can make the distinction that all these additions that we see in islam today i.e addition of Prophet to God is a fabrication.. because in the time of Abraham, there was no mohammed.. and salat was already established... and it is this same salat that we are trying to perfom today... In Abrahams time, is was all about God as i should be now as well... nothing has changed... we should follow monotheism.. worshipping One God only... so all this you have to be muslim/christian/jew before u see the kingdom of God is bullshit...)
Vs 136
States it here : Make no distinction btw messengers : which for me means all messengers are messangers of God,, i sould not make a disctinction btw anyone of them... so Mohammed is to jesus as is to Moses as is to Abraham.. all the same... canne uphold one more in favour of the other..
Vs 139 onwards
very Good statement made here " Do not argue with us about God, He is my Lord and your Lord.. the essence for me here is God is one God, so all the debates btw religion is pointless really...
Reinforces that God is one God which for me is a follow up on Verse 140... No one can really say if our prophets.messengers were definately of christians/jews/muslims mainstream religions because the truth is that we dont know..
For me this means which ever you subscribe to doesnt matter ... the most important thing is belief in ONE God - we all share the same prophets/messengers, yet we are all different from each other and despise each other...what we now have as defined mainstream religion is now how it was then... nor do i think how it should be now because i believe worshipping God is very simple, not the complication that Man has made for himself... once you start to seperate God from man made inventions the simplicity then becomes clear i feel...
Vs 143
For me this stalks about the direction of prayer... i think going by hazy memory that it used to be towards jerusalem then God changed it towards mecca... I remember when my friend used to ask me that "if God was everywhere.. omnipresent/omnipotent, then why do muslims have to face one direction to pray"...
my answer to this was to link it to the bible story about Saul.. which is also in the Quran... God told them on their way somewhere not to stop by a certain river to drink and this act initself was a test from God... but some people drank from the river... This was Gods way of distinguishng those who would readily follow or those who would not follow Gods words... so similar to direction if salat... it is a test from God to see those who would readily ober God and those who would not.. " change of Kiblah to distinguish " who would readily follow the messenger from those who would turn back on their heels"
Vs146
Says that "those who recieve scripture knows that this ( meaning this Quran scripture) is the truth and recognise it as such"
Vs 147
Reinforces... thsi is the truth from your Lord... do not doubt it... Reiterates for me that God is the only source of truth... no doubting.. From this alone i made my confirmation that it is Quran alone and nothig else... God has explained to me all i need to knwo and to be aware of.. everything else i may question may God inspire me to and Only to Him would i look to seeking answers and solutions...
Vs 148
We each all choose our own paths.. righteousness is the desired path..... from what i am getting here
Vs 149 -150
Prayer direction... towards sacred masjid,, masjid-il-Haram... stipulation that this is the truth from God
Vs 152
Remember God so that God remembers you and be appreciative... simple i guess.. be thankful for every mercies... seen and unseen
Vs 153
Seek help through steadfastness and salat... God is with those who steadfastky preservere... help from anything-- through steadfastnass... i guess this to mean patience, perseverance and holding onto God only,,
Vs 158 onwards
HAJJ.. rites for hajj... safa and marwa,,, walking the distance btw the two
Vs 163
Reiterates again... One God!!! "Your God is one God, There is no God but He, Most Gracious, Most merciful.... Clear and simple,,,t his is the theme of the Quran for me.. its is always lailaha illa llahu... pure and simple... nothing else other than one God... so where these additions of our own world comes from i beg to wonder...no where in Quran will you find the declaration of Oness of God couple with declaration of messanger...because rememer from earlier. do not make distinction btw messengers... The Quran is clear wo why i feel we are doing something else??? go figure...
Vs 165
"Yet some peeps set uo idold to rival God and love them as if they are God"... Important statement here... Which is true when we look at the devotion that we people have to saints/prophets/leaders,, more than the devotion that we give to God... This is represantative of what what is happening here and now ...we will rise to arms when our leaders our insulted but everyday people insult god but we do nothing about it... so who are we really worshipping... is it God.. or is it them leaders, who are we reallly loving... is it God or is it them leaders/saints/prophets
Vs 164
Those who were followed will disown those who followed them,- for me it is already warning us...why bother following someone else... Direction and guidance comes from God only.... apply this to christians and jesus/saints, muslims and mohammed/malims ... why seek guidance and help from mortals, when God is omnipotent???
Vs 168-169
so not follow satan
Vs 170
People seem comfy to follow what their parents show them... *role of parent very serious indeed* but they dont want to follow what God has revealed for them in the Quran...how do we know that our parents have the right guidance and wisdom to direct us in the path of God??? what if they are not guided in themselves... always remember what we see on the outside is never indicative of what is on inside... they may pray 5 times or 3 times daily they may be feverent during prayer, that does not give them licence to direct or guide... as only god directs and guides in His path...
You can apply this to mean... if parents told you to kill yourself knowing that it is wrong to do so... would you??? it also follows application for me in the sense of following malims/scholars etc.. what if they dont understand.. God is the best guide from God and God has given us the Quran,,,
Vs 173
food restriction...Animals that die of themselves, blood, meat of pigs, animals dedicated to other than God are our only prohibitions...
Vs 177
Righteousmess is belief in God, thelast day, The angels, the scripture and the prophets... Giving money to relatives, orphans, needy, the travelling alien, beggers, to free the slaves, Observing prayer, giving Zaka, righteous peeps are those who keep their word, steadfastly preservere in face of persecution, hardship and war...
Vs 178
LAW: equivalenve is the key for dealing with everything.. LAW for dealing with murder... the free fo rfree, slave for slave ets...
Vs 180
LAW: when death approaches, you must write a will
Vs 183
Fasting is decreed for us
Vs 184
rules regarding fasting... only on specified days, if ill or travelling we can substitute equal number of days.. for those who can fast but with great difficulty, they can substitute by feeding one poor person for each day of breaking fast... however it stresses fasting is the best for you...`
Vs185
Fast in month of ramadan ( also month Quran was revealed)
Vs186
People shall respond to God and believe in god in order to be guided
Vs187
LAW: fasting rules
Vs188
LAW: shall not take each others money illicitly... no bribing of people nin order to deprive others of their rights
Vs 189
I like it where is says" righteousness is attained by upholding the commandments and by being straightforwrd" observe God that we may succeed
Vs 190
LAW: We may fight in the cause of God against those who attack us... but we should not aggress... i.e fighting only as a form of defence... so we cannot strike first
Vs 191
LAW: We may kill those who wage war against us or evist themwhence they evicted us... oppression is worse than murder... clear guidelines here...
Vs 193
We may fight to eliminate oppression and to worship God freely. It also iterates... do not aggress!!! Aggression is only permitted against the aggressors
Vs 194
During sacred months aggression may be met by an equivalent response...
Vs 195
LAW: you shall spend in the cause of God, you shall be charitable and not throw ourselves with our hands into destruction... for me means spend wisely not lavishly or foolishly...
Vs 196
LAW: Observe complete rites of Hajj and Umrah for god...mentions what to do if we cant... Question here for me is how does one send an offering???
Vs 197-207
LAW: Hajj shall be observed in specified months
Vs 208
Embrace total submission
Vs 211
Children of Isreal... who are they???
Vs 212
Stay strong.. that is the message therein for me... The believers will be victors on the DOJ... May God include me with the believers and righteous and spare me the retribution of Hell.. God willing
Vs 213
For me this verse links back to one community.. One God. Same prophets i.e Abraham, isaac etc... it says here it was those who recieved the scripture that rejected any new scriptures despite the proofs...
Vs 214
Test for everyone.. Test so grave that people started to ask... where is Gods victory... must have been tough times...
Vs 215
RULES FOR CHARITY : to parents, relatives, orphans, the poor, the travelling alien... I think travelling alien is someone not from your own part of the world who is new to your neighbourhood
Vs 216
God only knows!!! Link this with when i say that i only ask for what i want what is present for me... i dont know the future and dont know wether what i am asking for is good for me or not... only God knows future and what is best for me... sometimes i may ask for that which is not good for me but only God knows and i know that god will not give me that which is bad for me... so if i dont get what i ask for, then maybe it is a good thing...
Vs 217
RULES FOR FIGHTING IN SACRED MONTHS
Vs 219-220
RULES on INTOXICANTS and GAMBLING.. causes more harm than good... WHAT TO GIVE TO CHARITY... the excess ORPHANS... bring them up as best righeous person is the best that we can do/// if we mix their property with opurs then we treat them as members of our family
Vs 221
RULES ON MARRIAGE... marry only believing men and women... they must be believers in God.. it makes no conditions that they be jewish/christian/mislims,,, just says "beliving" just believing
Vs 222
RULES ON MENSTRUATION...no intercourse during menstruation that is all it says... nothing like women cant pray on menstruation or cant touch quran or cant go into mosque... all thiese things which are man made... Quran is very clear....
Vs 224
Do not use Gods name in vain... or to attain credibility or appear righteous
Vs 225
What is important is innermost intention... that is what counts i guess
Vs 226-233
RULES ON DIVORCE... if you intend to divorce, wait 4 months to see if u change your mind,, if you do then fine and if u dont... proceed with it
Vs 234-237
RULES ON WIDOWS.. wait 4 months and 10 days before being open to offers from other men
Vs 238
SALAT: Consistently observe salst, especially middle prayer... Salst Wusta, devote yourself totally to God
Vs 239
RULES CONCERNING PRAYER... you may pray while walking.riding if under unusal circumstances.. Once safe commemorate God as he taught you what you did not know... i take it means when u arrive at destination commemorate God... it doesnt say what is unusual so i guess it is individual citcumstances... we each have to decide for ourselves
Vs 240
WIDOWS: make a will to support wives for a year as long as they remain in the same household
Vs 241
DIVORCEES... you shall provide for them as well
Vs 246-251
SAUL... evnts surrounding Saul and how the people at first didnt like him being king.,.. may be worthwile to read the bible story surrounding saul and because it says similar thing as well
Vs 249
test for saul and his troops... drinking at stream... similar to test for changing Qiblah
Vs 252
States that this revelation (Quran) is truthful... sort of confirms other scriptures
Vs 253
Talks about messengers and some of their differences in terms of how they related with Goid.. Also mentions Jesus - SON OF MARY and the holyspirit... also re-iterates that we were" one community" until the proof came to followers and then they disputed and all defacted
Vs 254
LAW: give to charity
Vs 255
Ayat Kursiyu... Only One God who is aware of all things, the Eternal, The Ever living God. He knows past and future and only by His will do things occur
Vs 256
Each person must make a choice... worshipping God is not by force... choose right over wrong
Vs 258-261
God in all his wonders is Omnipotent and is the Creator
Vs 262-276
RULES ON CHARITY: charity in the cause of God... should not be followed by insuly/harm... kind words/comapssion is better than charity followed by insult... charity in the cause of God not to show off
Vs 277
traits for righteousness... belive and lead righteous life, Salst, Zakat
Vs 278
LAW: No unsury at all in whatever form
Vs 280
RULES ON DEBT AND PAYMENT
Vs 282-283
RULES ON LOANS
Vs 285
Attributes of believers: Belief in God, Angels. Scriptures, Messengers- also states again make no distinction among any of Gods messengers And yes!! I am digging at those of our community who do....
Vs 286
God never burdens a soul beyond its means
For translations go to http://www.submission.org/quran/webqt.php enter chapter numnber and compare up to six different transltions
Alhamdullilahi...
these are my views on this suran... May God in His mercy continue to guide us and inspire us, lead us and keep us in the straight path
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